Vijayan seemed to get weaker due to lack of food and the occasional punches that the Demon Guard gave him. Brainstorming ways to somehow save him only turned out to be a wasted attempt from Shivansh' s side until....

"I need to create a huge noise that would distract this demon gaurd for a bit...... But how exactly do I do that?", Shivansh wondered to himself.

The castle was well articulated with guards and to be able to distract a few without fiverting much attention towards your own was a challenge in itself.

Shivansh clutched on to the Gold ring that was passed down to him as heirloom. For centuries, the Royal Family believed that the ring would guide them in tough decisiosns.......

Placing his full faith in the ring, Shivansh made a desperate plea to the eternal gods he grew up worshipping.

Luck seemed to have favoured him as the sudden idea of ringing the giant bell near the entrance crossed his mind. It was supposed to be a warning bell just like in any other kingdom Shivansh had seen.

"Who are y-", A Demon guard had started to utter upon noticing him but the former had snapped its neck.

It won't be wrong to say that the King did have to eliminate a few Guards here and there to reach the bell tower. The bell itself was overturned and it would take a few pushes to make it oscillate to actually ring the bell.

He finally reached and gave the bell some small pushes and then resorted to put all his strength in the last one to create just enough sound for everyone to be alert.

The moment the bell rang,the Demons rushed to see the tower which was much quicker than what Shivansh had expected.

The demons shouted something incoherent to his ears considering that the bell tower was extremely high.

The general sent more guards to figure out what transpired. They had spotted him from their sharp vision and he knew the fight was on. Swinging out his Royal sword, Shivansh battled with the Demon Soldiers.

They were agile but not powerful enough to dodge the quick succesion of attacks that Shivansh rained on them.

Uppercut punches, kicks and quick jabs accompanied with his sharp sword and a dagger coated with holy rituals was his go to tricks to eliminate all that came his way.

Surprisingly, the demons weren't a lot to fight and Shivansh made his way back to the chamber unnoticed by others where Vijayan was trapped.

The investigation of who really rang the bell was on and while they were distracted to find the person that killed their gaurds, Shivansh was about to free Vijayan and take him back.

Vijayan had been wide awake the moment he had a glimpse of his dear King who came to save him. Though he was quite happy and astonished, the expression that showed on Vinayan's face spoke the opposite.

The expression of deep terror and concern on Vijayan's face had Shivansh perturbed as he neared the place.

He went to free the former only to be stopped by the vehement shake of head in denial from his commrade.

"N-no my Lord! They have strapped me here and the moment that I move..... The defence system in this room would be triggered.",Vijayan explained in a rough voice from lack of usage.

Apparently the Demon General had a hunch that someone would surely come to rescue Vijayan and had planned to make him captive in the special chamber solely made to keep his captives unable to breach the system.

Everything blanked out in front of Shivansh as he struggled to comprehend the new obstacle that he had in saving his friend. The guards would soon return and he would be caught with him if he did not act fast..... Or worse he would be impaled with arrows or whatnot if he does act on impulse.

It was almost to choose between the Devil Or the Blue See. Out of the blue, all pf hus senses returned back to him as his brain worked with a stunning speed to figure out a way to rescue both of them.

Without a word, Shivansh shifted to find anything that could equalize the weight of Vijayan. He gathered some blankets that were kept there for the captives and stacked them on the sword..... The sword itself was quite heavy and paired with the blankets, they were heavy enough to equalize the weight of Vijayan.

"Vijayan..... I need you to be quick here. The moment I untie you, you will move so I can replace your weight with these materials....Let's just hope this really works.....", He said pointing towards the makeshift replacement.

Following his words, Vijayan side stepped and the former swifly exchanged to equalize the weight.Both the males were extremely nervous and closed their eyes the moment the exchanged happened.

A few beats passed but nothing triggered..... Shivansh's plan had worked! The joy wasn't for long as they heard the loud chatter that was coming closer to the chamber. The Demon gaurd was about to return.....

Vijayan and Shivansh rushed out to hide in the adjacent room from the hallway. They soon made their way to the balcony. They had to swifly get down the pillar which had a few grips to finally get out of the forsaken place.

Unfortunately the guard had seen them and chased as they got down the pillar. They had to make a hard sprint to finally run to the gates..... Before they could cross the gate, they were dragged to one of the corners of the alley that was a few feet away from the exit gate.

Both the males saw countless gaurds head towards the gate as the gates closed.... There was no way they would have made it outside and would have been trapped between several guards with barely anything to defend themselves

"Why did yo-", Vijayan cut himself short as he viewed the face of the person that helped him.

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"So they escaped from you...... They are smart and I will give them that...... I am sure that they are still in the kingdom. Search everyone and don't let them escape this time!", Akira ordered to every Gaurd with blazing eyes.

"I know that you have met Ashwatthama but your lack of knowledge on what your purpose would serve to the rise of Kali my sweet Shivansh is fascinating. I desperately wait for the moment I can tear you apart....!", Akira said to himself as he smirked.

Yakshi too shared a knowing look with Akira as he had a hunch of how the things would end in their favour.....